noun
definition
A space heater that transfers heat by convection; a radiator
Examples of convectors in a Sentence
Radiators (really convectors) were in their primitive design coils of pipe, used to give a larger heating area than the single pipe would afford.
Electrical heating appliances have only recently passed the experimental stage; there is, however, undoubtedly a great future for electric heating, and the perfecting of the together with the cheapening of the electric stove, g p g current, may be expected to result in many of the other stoves and convectors being superseded.
Gas and oil radiators would be more properly termed " convectors," since they warm mainly by convected currents.